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Barry Jackson: Notes on Ireland/Fins not Drawing Ratings or Fans

I can't believe how low this franchise has fallen in recent years.
 
i hate that it has come to this. we need to make a splash this offseason. i think ireland will sign 1 or 2 big names since his job will be on the line. the logo chang could be nice aswell even tho it wont sell tickets
 
Out of the 20 or 30 skill players Ireland has drafted none of them have been dynamic game changers. Do people seriously have faith that he's going to draft 3 or 4 of them in the upcoming draft? Because thats probably what it'll take to save his job next year. There's a really good chance Ireland will be fired before the end of next season even if he has a good draft and offseason for him, fans aren't coming back next year no matter what he does. Why risk him having another one of his typical offseasons?

Heres a list of all the skill players we've drafted since 2008, 29 of them. None of them have proven to be a consistently dynamic game changing type of player. None of them would unseat any New England Patriot starter. Isn't 0 for 29 enough punishment for you people?

Phillip Merling
Chad Henne
Jalen Parmele
Lex Hilliard
Vontae Davis
Pat White
Sean Smith
Patrick Turner
Brian Hartline
John Nalbone
Chris Clemons
J. D. Folsom
Koa Misi
A. J. Edds
Nolan Carroll
Reshad Jones
Chris McCoy
Austin Spitler
Daniel Thomas
Edmond Gates
Charles Clay
Jimmy Wilson
Ryan Tannehill
Olivier Vernon
Michael Egnew
Lamar Miller
Josh Kaddu
B.J. Cunningham
Rishard Matthews
 
roy_miami said:
Out of the 20 or 30 skill players Ireland has drafted none of them have been dynamic game changers. Do people seriously have faith that he's going to draft 3 or 4 of them in the upcoming draft? Because thats probably what it'll take to save his job next year. There's a really good chance Ireland will be fired before the end of next season even if he has a good draft and offseason for him, fans aren't coming back next year no matter what he does. Why risk him having another one of his typical offseasons?

Heres a list of all the skill players we've drafted since 2008, 29 of them. None of them have proven to be a consistently dynamic game changing type of player. None of them would unseat any New England Patriot starter. Isn't 0 for 29 enough punishment for you people?

Phillip Merling
Chad Henne
Jalen Parmele
Lex Hilliard
Vontae Davis
Pat White
Sean Smith
Patrick Turner
Brian Hartline
John Nalbone
Chris Clemons
J. D. Folsom
Koa Misi
A. J. Edds
Nolan Carroll
Reshad Jones
Chris McCoy
Austin Spitler
Daniel Thomas
Edmond Gates
Charles Clay
Jimmy Wilson
Ryan Tannehill
Olivier Vernon
Michael Egnew
Lamar Miller
Josh Kaddu
B.J. Cunningham
Rishard Matthews
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Interesting that you call out Reshad Jones and rookies but I still see the point. Maybe Philbin calls more of the shots or has more influence now
 
Whats really sad is Chris Chambers was the last dynamic type player we've drafted and that was all the way back in 2001, eleven years ago. Before that we had a nice little run drafting Zack Thomas in 96, Jason Taylor and Sam Madison in 97 and Patrick Surtain in 98.

We've only drafted one really good skill player in close to 15 years and some people have to wonder why the fan support is starting to suffer...
 
roy_miami said:
Whats really sad is Chris Chambers was the last dynamic type player we've drafted and that was all the way back in 2001, eleven years ago. Before that we had a nice little run drafting Zack Thomas in 96, Jason Taylor and Sam Madison in 97 and Patrick Surtain in 98.

We've only drafted one really good skill player in close to 15 years and some people have to wonder why the fan support is starting to suffer...
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sad isn't it. Being close to irrelevant for the better part of a decade will wear down on a fan base. Like gonzo said, if I was an average fan, what about this team is appealing in the slightest. We don't win, we have no star players except maybe wake, we are boring as hell, ireland is still here and oh yeah, we don't win. I wouldn't watch either as an average fan.
 
roy_miami said:
Out of the 20 or 30 skill players Ireland has drafted none of them have been dynamic game changers. Do people seriously have faith that he's going to draft 3 or 4 of them in the upcoming draft? Because thats probably what it'll take to save his job next year. There's a really good chance Ireland will be fired before the end of next season even if he has a good draft and offseason for him, fans aren't coming back next year no matter what he does. Why risk him having another one of his typical offseasons?

Heres a list of all the skill players we've drafted since 2008, 29 of them. None of them have proven to be a consistently dynamic game changing type of player. None of them would unseat any New England Patriot starter. Isn't 0 for 29 enough punishment for you people?

Phillip Merling
Chad Henne
Jalen Parmele
Lex Hilliard
Vontae Davis
Pat White
Sean Smith
Patrick Turner
Brian Hartline
John Nalbone
Chris Clemons
J. D. Folsom
Koa Misi
A. J. Edds
Nolan Carroll
Reshad Jones
Chris McCoy
Austin Spitler
Daniel Thomas
Edmond Gates
Charles Clay
Jimmy Wilson
Ryan Tannehill
Olivier Vernon
Michael Egnew
Lamar Miller
Josh Kaddu
B.J. Cunningham
Rishard Matthews
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Problem is around here....people somehow consider some of these guys good just because "they started" on a team will below-average talent...
 
Dolphins, Marlins, Hurricanes.....
South Florida is the worst sports town in the country, period.
 
If Jeff Ireland goes to Steve Ross and tells him that his plan for free agency is to sit tight and wait for the draft -- with 40 million in cap room and guys like Jennings and Wallace primed to hit free agency -- he should be fired on the spot. And probably beaten with a cane.
 
registeredguy said:
If Jeff Ireland goes to Steve Ross and tells him that his plan for free agency is to sit tight and wait for the draft -- with 40 million in cap room and guys like Jennings and Wallace primed to hit free agency -- he should be fired on the spot. And probably beaten with a cane.
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Yep. That's about as well as it can be said right there.
 
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